Studio couch



L. SCHREIBER STUDIO COUCH Dec. 13, 1938.

Filed May 27, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet l Mw w m 0 mp m m Jo H d fin o bl w mth M Dec. 13, 1938.

L. SCHREIBER STUDIO COUCH 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 27 HMINVENTOR.

A 0775 Jcv/if/ifv? ATTORNI Patented Dec. 13, 1938 PATENT OFFICE STUDIOCOUCH Lotte Schreiber, New York, N. Y.

Application May 27', 1937, Serial No. 145,017

., va Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in studio-couches, and more inparticular it relates to means for readily conditioning the couch as forday timeor night time use, that is to say for use either as a lounge, oras a bed with its mattress, blankets, sheets, etc., respectively.

The need for such and similar double use or convertible features offurniture arises to meet requirements where space is valuable, and dueto a tendency to .designfurniture and furnishings with a view tocoordinating practicality and low cost with style and appearance.

More specifically this invention has to do with the type or style of daycouch which appears as a .full fashioned although leg supported boxframe or supporting base upon which is posit'ioned and rests a suitableremovable upholstery section or body, both frame and upholstery bodypreferably harmonizing in style to make this a comfortable piece offurniture although of stylish and compact appearance.

As a negative characteristic this style of couch differs from others inwhich a. bed frame or chassis of any description with the mattress andother auxiliary bedding thereon, is usually entirely concealed by adraped or pleated removable cover piece.

However, in the style of couch herein contemplated it has been necessaryto apply and place the auxiliary bedding such as sheets, blankets, etc.,over the couch for the night and to remove them and store them away inthe morning, which of course involves the remaking of the bed forsleeping in the evening.

The invention therefore contemplates the design of a couch of this type,style, and appearance, which nevertheless is capable of being readily ar-l quickly conditioned for its respective uses.

Objects are to simplify, reduce and expedite the manipulation which isincident to preparing the couch for day or night time use respectively,and to avoid the repeated remaking of the bed for night time use in thecourse of daily routine; and furthermore to design 3. thus convertible4,5 couch which is stylish in appearance.

I propose to attain these objects by applying to and surrounding theupholstery section proper, alias a body of bedding or flexiblemattress-like body, with a special covering fitted and con- 50 structedto conform to the shape of the upholstery. This covering being adaptedin a readyto-use manner to the upholstery section simulates the featuresof appearance although convertible of a day couch of a desired type and55 style. The special cover is quickly and convenmains exposed but maybe .of a construction, ap-

pearance and design to go harmonically with the 10 quasi upholsterysection thereon.

Features of this invention lie in construction of the novel coverpiece-and in the manner and means in and by which the marginal portionsthereof are drawn together to become lodged or 15 interposed between themattress and the supporting frame of the couch.

Another feature has to dowith the manner in which the base portion orsupporting frame of the couch on the one hand, and the couch cover 20 onthe other hand, are adapted to each other constructively anddecoratively, to make for a practical unitary design of desirableappearance.

The invention possesses other objects and fea tures of advantage, someof which with the fore- 25 going will be set forth in the followingdescription. In the following description and in the claims, parts willbe identified by specific names for convenience, but they are intendedto be as generic in their application to similar parts as 30 the artwill permit. In the accompanying drawings there has been illustrated thebest embodiment of the invention known to me, but such embodiment is tobe regarded as typical only of many possible embodiments, and theinvention is 35 not to be limited thereto.

The novel features considered characteristic of my invention are setforth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention itself,however, both as to its organization and its method 40 of operation,together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will best beunderstood from the following description of a specific embodiment whenread in connection with the accompanying drawings in which: I Fig. 1 isa perspective view of the bed frame carrying the bare mattress-likebody.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the mattress-like body with thesheets and blankets in place.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the novel couch cover as it is being applied tocover the bedding shown in Fi 2.

Fig. 4 is a view to show the couch in finished arrangement for day timeuse and with the bedding concealed under the detachable couch covering.

Fig. is an enlarged part-sectional view of the couch as arrangedaccording to Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a bottom detail view of the mattresslike body with novel couchcovering applied thereto.

Throughout :the Figures 1 to 6 there is shown as an example thebedorbase or supporting frame of a couch, having legs II, and the frame asshown may be said to be of a full fashioned box type and to beef a.construction and appearance to suit the general purpose hereincontemplated. A novel couch cover piece 12 is shown in some of thefigures. The figures are to illustrate stages in the arranging of thebedding on the supporting frame in and in particular the features andmanipulation of the novel cover piece 12.

More specifically, in Fig. 1 the supporting base frame it] is shown tohave placed on it a bare mattress-like body 13. The frame itself (seeFig. 5) is shown to comprise frame box portions [4 to constitute thesides and Ila to constitute the ends, and to be provided with a usualarrangement of supporting bed springs 15. The step of arrangingadditional bedding upon the mattress is shown'in Fig. 2, sheets 18 and46a. as 'well as a blanket I! being shown to be spread over and tuckedaround'or drawn under marginal portions of the mattress. This figure canbe said to show the couch ready for night use. On the o her hand if itscondition for day time use or lounging is to be restored the novel couchcover will be applied as illustrated inFig. 3, whereupon the couch thenappears in as trim a shape as shown in Fig. 4 simulating a daycouch ofthe desired style with no visible indication of its being ready fordouble use.

The nature of the couch cover per se and its more detailed constructionappears more clearly from Figs. 5 and 6. These show that the couch cover12 is tailored and constructed substantially to fit the outline of themattress-like body augmented by the bedding arranged thereon.

The construction of the couch cover as illustrated according to oneembodiment thereof has its marginal portions drawn together by suitableelastic s retchable elements provided in and along the edge portionthereof, and these edge portions will therefore lodge between themattress and the supporting frame when the couch cover is in place andthe stretchable marginal portion has sufiiciently conracted as shown inFigs. 4 and 5.

In Fig. 6 the contracted marginal portion of the couch cover is moreclearly shown in a bottom view upon the mattress thus covered. More indetail there can be distinguished that the elastic means or stretchableelements comprise individual elastic portions i8 provided to contractthe corner sections of the cover, and relatively non-stretchableelements If! to connect the elastic portions I8 with one another.

The handling and manipulation of the novel couch cover is substantiallyself-explanatory from the drawings. After the mattress and the auxiliarybedding have been arranged as shown in Fig. 2 (whereby the storing awayotherwise of the auxiliary bedding has been obviated), the cover I! isapplied as indicated-in Fig. 3 by successively placing the respectivecorner portion of the cover over the corresponding corner portions ofthe mattress-like body or body to be covered, the body remainingsubstantially unmoved and in place although portions thereof, forinstance the cor ner sections, may be lifted or bent as shown to easethem into the corresponding corner portions or pockets of the cover [2.

After the cover piece is in place the couch appears in its normal daytime condition for lounging as shown in Fig. 4 from which it is notedthat the frame [0 as well as the couch cover piece l2 bear the identicaldecorative pattern, and it is apparent that the surface lines of thisdesign and its general style are adapted to be free from dust or dirtcatching pockets or the like, and that the quasi-upholstery section thusestablished substantially corresponds in shape to or matches thehorizontal supporting area therefor of the "frame.

and to marginally hug said body, so that the cover piece marginalportions are maintained marginally between said body and said horizontalsupporting surface, in a manner to give said body the appearance of an.individual upholstery section of the couch, said cover piece beingreadily removable and thereby exposing the bedding body ready for use.

2. A studio couch according to claim 1, in which a rectangular frame hasits sides and ends defined by substantially linear oblong outersurfaces.

3. A studio couch according to claim 1, in which a rectangular frame hasits sides and ends defined by substantially linear oblong outersurfaces, and has supporting leg portions at the corners of the framefor spacing the same from the floor.

4. A studio couch according to claim 1, in which a rectangularleg-supported frame has its sides and ends defined by substantiallylinear oblong outer surfaces, and has an exterior that matches theexterior of said top cover piece in appearance.

5. In a convertible studio couch in combination a horizontally extendingsupporting base conopening and adapted and constructed to fit over andto marginally hug said body of bedding, so that the cover piece marginalportions are maintained marginally between said body and said horizontalsupporting surface, in a manner to give said body of bedding theappearance of an individual upholstery section of the couch, said coverpiece being readily removable and thereby exposing the bedding bodyready for use.

6. A studio couch according to claim 1. in which the top cover piece haselastically stretchable elements provided and effective to contract thecorner sections of the cover to form stretchable corner pocket portionstherein, said corner pocket portions to receive corresponding cornerportions of said body of bedding, and comprising substantiallynon-stretchable elements alternating with said elastically stretchableelements, each end of each non-stretchable elernent being connected withan adjacent end of a stretchable eleierentiai margin of said stretchableopening 0! the top cover piece.

